Improving Community Safety Through Public Health Strategies Lessons From Atlanta and Milwaukee Casey’s community safety investments are built on the belief that gun violence is a public health epidemic that must be addressed with preventive measures developed with input from communities. Read More
Race for Results Building a Path to Opportunity for All Children In this KIDS COUNT policy report, the Foundation explores the intersection of kids, race and opportunity. The report features the new Race for Results Index, which compares how children are progressing on key milestones across racial and ethnic groups at the national and state levels. Read More
Introduction to the Results Count Path to Equity A Guide to the Accountability for Equitable Results Framework This introduction and an accompanying video describe four skills that help leaders to achieve better and more equitable results. The skills are part of Results Count, the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s approach to leadership development. Learn more about becoming a more effective leader here. Read More
Interim Executive Directors The Power in the Middle This paper explores the benefits and basics of using an interim executive director during a leadership transition. It also highlights some considerations that organizations should take into account when deciding whether or not to use an interim executive director. Read More
Supporting Social-Emotional Learning With Evidence-Based Programs This brief shares nine strategies for implementing and sustaining evidence-based programs to support students’ social and emotional health. Input from administrators in seven school districts — each with a track record of delivering and sustaining social-emotional learning (SEL) programs — helped shape the strategies identified. Read More
The Missouri Model Reinventing the Practice of Rehabilitating Youthful Offenders Kid “jails” are routinely found to be unsafe, unhealthy and unconstitutional, but not in Missouri. Learn how the Missouri Model has reinvented juvenile rehabilitation for the better. Read More
Stepping Up for Kids What Government and Communities Should Do to Support Kinship Families In this policy report, the Annie E. Casey Foundation explores the increased number of children living with extended family and close friends, a longtime practice known as kinship care. It includes the latest data for states, the District of Columbia, and the nation, as well as a set of recommendations on how to support kinship families. Read More
Building Community Partnerships, Step by Step Family to Family Tools for Rebuilding Foster Care This manual shows why community partnership programs are essential for child welfare work and provides the steps for how to establish those relationships. Read More
Keeping Kids in Families Trends in U.S. Foster Care Placement In this data snapshot, the Annie E. Casey Foundation examines how placements for young people in foster care have changed from 2007 to 2017. Using data from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Casey finds that child welfare systems are doing a better job of placing kids in families. At the same time, racial disparities persist for kids of all ages and progress eludes teens in care. Read More
Creating Opportunity for Families: A Two-Generation Approach A new KIDS COUNT policy report makes the case for creating opportunity for families by addressing the needs of parents and their children simultaneously with a two-generation approach. Read more here. Read More
